Mortlach 21 1991 Signatory Cask Strength Collection

Thanks to /u/cake_my_day for sharing this dram. Will there ever be a day I don’t want to review a Mortlach? Probably not. It’s pretty simple here people: I tried Mortlach back in the early days of reviewing (the first 400ish reviews) and liked it. Not to mention it was typically older, had a meaty flavour, and wasn’t […]

Mortlach 13 2021 Special Release

This is another entry in the continuing series of reviews for the 2021 Special Releases from Diageo. I’ve debated a lot of things. Like what? Well I’m not going to immediately dismiss Diageo as quickly, though I’ll probably still be buying the independent bottles of what they make. That said… They still make this whisky. […]

Mortlach 11 2010 Càrn Mòr Strictly Limited [Craft Cellars]

Thanks to /u/the_muskox for the dram! So young Mortlach is now “a thing”. Back in the olden days, when Mortlach was a whisky you didn’t hear about, you found one and it was old. That was it. It was used in blends, sold off to independent bottlers, and we all lived a life without worries. Jump ahead […]

Mortlach 22 1975 Signatory Vintage

Thanks to my wife who brought me out for my birthday. Heck, she even brought me home too! Going out for a birthday dram. There’s some basic ideas I have for picking whiskies: I’d like them to be ones I’ve never reviewed before; I aim for distilleries I enjoy; I typically have one from a […]

More Mortlach Please

When you’re having a bad day, it’s typically a sign to take a moment, step back, breathe in, and reassess. All of this is summed up in my whisky friend group as “Mortlach o’Clock”. A point of frustration so great that the only thing that could knock you out of it is a strong as […]

Mortlach 22 Single Malts of Scotland

Thanks to /u/devoz for pouring me a sample of this. A few years ago Mortlach interested me. There weren’t OBs readily available near me and it was a Speyside. Oh, and all the ones I kept finding were older drams. This hit or miss, only older dram entries skewed a few of my views. At one point […]

Four Mortlach Reviews (30 Cadenhead, SMWS 76.127, 13 G&M, 20 Chieftain’s)

A few years ago I tried a Mortlach for the first time. And while I didn’t love it, I was intrigued. Here was a whisky that wasn’t sticking around. No one was talking about it. It was before the relaunch of the OBs, when only Gordon & Macphail was bringing them out regularly. I added […]

Mortlach 31 1987 Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice – Cask Strength

Our sense of vision is pretty shitty in the animal kingdom. Compare it to a cat that can see better in the dark, or a hawk that can see much further, or even owls which got bits of both. But have any of them invented pop tarts? No, so let’s stick with humans for now. […]

Mortlach 24 1991 Signatory Cask Strength Collection

Thanks to /u/cake_my_day for pouring me this dram This is one of the ongoing review series I’m calling “Holy Crap I did too many of these at once and it comes across as muddled at best”, or rather, Day 13 of the Advent Calendar my wife put together for me in December that I’m only now posting. […]

Mortlach SMWS 76.122 “Complex, smooth and elegant”

Thanks to /u/lasidar for bringing this bottle to the end of year sample. Old as heck Mortlach is something I talk about quite a bit. And if I may repeat myself: Some distilleries make a product that needs time, some make one that needs to be cask strength, some need that cask influence (typically sherry), and some […]